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Case #9: Noel Young Anderson
- Victims: 2+,
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Born: 1996
- Missionary, Primary teacher,
- During alleged crime: Primary teacher,
- unknown -
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- Guilty,
- He was an LDS church primary teacher in McKinney, Texas; sentenced in 2019 in Texas to 50 years in prison for molesting children.
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Case #49: Paul J Bryant
- December 2023: registered sex offender; lives in Utah; pre-trial hearing scheduled for Dec. 11, 2023
- Victims: Add info
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Born: 1968
- Branch president, Missionary, Other leader, Primary teacher, Scout leader, Youth leader,
- Argentina - Argentina Cordoba 1987-1989
- yes | Add info
- Guilty, Ongoing criminal case, Registered sex offender,
- He was a Mormon church member in Utah; in 2016, pleaded guilty to three first-degree felony counts of attempted aggravated sexual abuse of a child; in 2016, was sentenced to prison; in 2023, pleaded not guilty to failure to register as sex offender; was an HOA president in Lehi, Utah.
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Case #586: Buckland Lee Darrell
- AKA Buck Darrell
- 2023-12-12: omnibus hearing scheduled
- Victims: 2+, 5+,
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Born: 1979
- Primary teacher,
- Add info
- no
- Ongoing criminal case,
- no civil case,
- He was an LDS church member in the Redmond, Washington area; charged with first degree felony child molestation in December 2022, March 2023 and April 2023 (5 total victims, all young boys); admitted to sexually abusing around 6-8 children.
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Case #853: David R Dawson
- Victims: Add info
- Elders quorum presidency member, Primary teacher, young mens leader,
- Add info
- Add info
- Guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member and primary teacher in Logan, Utah; accused of child sexual abuse; convicted.
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Case #733: Joseph Thomas Dunlop
- AKA Joe Dunlop
- April 2024: charged with five felony counts related to child sexual abuse
- Victims: 2,
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Born: 1983
- Primary teacher,
- During alleged crime: Primary teacher,
- When accused: Primary teacher,
- Add info
- Add info
- Admitted to wrongdoing, Ongoing criminal case,
- no civil case,
- The accused was a Mormon church member in South Jordan, Utah; accused of sexual abuse.
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Case #672: Gerald Howard Elison
- AKA Gerry Elison, Jerry Elison, Mr. Elison, Mr. E
- 2019: died
- Victims: 1,
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Born: 1930
Died: 2019
- Bishopric counselor, Primary teacher, Stake high council,
- no
- 1957
- He was an LDS church member and junior high school drama teacher in Orem, Utah; accused in 2014 in a civil lawsuit of sexually abusing a boy student in the early 1980s; died in 2019.
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Case #110: Miguel Angel Estudillo
- AKA Mick Estudillo
- Victims: Add info
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Born: 1969
- Primary teacher,
- no
- Add info
- Guilty,
- The accused was an LDS primary teacher in Baker City, Oregon; arrested for crimes related to child sexual abuse; sentenced to prison.
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Case #113: David Brian Farley
- AKA David B. Farley, Dr. Farley
- February 2024: lives in Nephi, Utah; February 2024: the city of West Linn, Oregon released a report about the way its police department investigated Farley
- Victims: 200+,
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Born: 1958
- Primary teacher, Stake high council, Sunday school teacher,
- During alleged crime: Primary teacher, Stake high council, Sunday school teacher,
- Add info
- yes | Add info
- Never charged,
- no civil case,
- He was a former doctor and LDS church member in West Linn, Oregon; accused of sexually abusing over 200 patients; the alleged abuse occurred over a span of many years, during which Farley was an LDS stake high council member for some time; never criminally charged; in February 2024, the city of West Linn, Oregon released a report about the way its police department investigated Farley.
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Case #858: Thomas Ray Gibbons
- AKA Ray Gibbons
- 2023: lives in Kaysville, Utah
- Victims: 2+,
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Born: 1952
- Home teacher, primary leader, Primary teacher,
- During alleged crime: Home teacher,
- When accused: home teacher,
- Add info
- Add info
- Guilty, Pleaded guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Tennessee and Layton, Utah; worked as a police officer; pleaded guilty to two felony charges of forcible sex abuse; sentenced in 2000 in Utah to prison.
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Case #619: Alan R Grant
- 1998: sentenced to prison in Utah
- Victims: Add info
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Born: 1959
- Primary teacher,
- Add info
- Add info
- Guilty,
- He was an LDS church member and primary teacher in Utah; found guilty of child sexual abuse; sentenced in August 1998 to two months in jail.
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Case #803: Marion Dean Klingler
- AKA Dean
- Victims: Add info
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Born: 1944
- primary leader, Primary teacher, Scouts,
- Add info
- Add info
- Guilty, Registered sex offender,
- The accused was an LDS church member in California; convicted of sexual abuse; now lives in Springville Utah as registered sex offender.
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Case #836: Kurt Broderick Leppert
- Victims: 3,
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Born: 1958
- Primary teacher,
- Add info
- Add info
- Guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member; found guilty of 7 counts of sexually abusing 3 children between the ages of 8-12 .
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Case #232: John Allen Midgett
- 2024: lives in Bountiful, Utah; is a registered sex offender
- Victims: 2+, 5, 5+, 8,
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Born: 1962
- Primary teacher, sunday,
- Add info
- yes | Add info
- Convicted, Guilty, Pleaded guilty, Registered sex offender, Sentenced to prison,
- no civil case,
- He was a Mormon church member and Sunday school teacher in the San Diego area, California; also was a Navy petty officer first class; initially pleaded not guilty to 43 felony counts of child molestation; later pleaded guilty; sentenced to 30 years in prison for sexually abusing eight girls ages 5 to 10 in his LDS sunday school class; as of 2024, lives in Bountiful, Utah as a registered sex offender.
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Case #242: Aaron Marcos Montoya
- March 2024: out of prison on parole and lives in Woods Cross, Utah as a registered sex offender
- Victims: Add info
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Born: 1972
- Primary teacher,
- no
- Add info
- Guilty, Out on parole, Registered sex offender, Required to register as sex offender, Sentenced to prison,
- He was a Mormon primary teacher in Utah; pleaded guilty to sexually abusing children; as of March 2024, is out of prison on parole and lives in Woods Cross, Utah as a registered sex offender.
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Case #369: Christopher Ryan Nuttall
- Currently lives in Phoenix Arizona, does not appear on sex offender registry
- Victims: Add info
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Born: 1981
- Primary teacher,
- United States - Washington D.C. south mission
- yes | Add info
- Guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Mesa, Arizona; arrested in an FBI sting operation and convicted of LURE MINOR FOR SEX EXPLOIT and ATTEMPT TO COMMIT - SEXUAL CONDUCT WITH MINOR .
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Case #775: Kent Daniel Prestwich
- November 2023: pleaded guilty to two 2nd degree felony counts of child sexual exploitation
- Victims: 2,
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Born: 1977
- Nursery leader, Primary teacher,
- During alleged crime: nursery leader, Primary teacher,
- When accused: Primary teacher,
- Add info
- 2008
- Guilty, Ongoing criminal case, Pleaded guilty,
- The accused was an LDS church member and nursery leader (Primary teacher/worker) in Lewiston, Utah; arrested in October 2023 for allegedly downloading child sexual abuse material (CSAM) for 15 years "because it aroused him;" pleaded guilty in November 2023 to two 2nd degree felony counts of child sexual exploitation.
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Case #313: George Martin Schliesser
- Victims: Add info
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Born: 1958
- Primary teacher, Scout leader,
- no
- Add info
- Guilty,
- He was a Mormon church member and primary teacher in Utah; was a scout leader and a primary leader who was charged with two counts of sodomy on a child and two counts of sex abuse on a child in 1990; in September 2021 he was arrested after a third attempt at voyeurism, the first two in 2020.
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Case #344: Sean David Sund
- Victims: Add info
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Born: 1972
- Other leader, Primary teacher,
- During alleged crime: Other leader,
- no
- Add info
- Guilty,
- He was an LDS primary teacher in Utah; was convicted in 2022 of sexually abusing a girl from his LDS ward.
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Case #865: Adrian Villar
- WEBEX PRETRIAL CONFERENCE scheduled on January 08, 2024 in Spanish Fork Utah, Utah County
- Victims: 2,
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Born: 1958
- Primary teacher,
- Add info
- Add info
- Ongoing criminal case,
- The accused was an LDS church member in Spanish Fork, Utah; accused of sexually abusing an 8 year old and 11 year old separately .
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Case #418: Ryan Dee Whitaker
- 2023 - registered sex offender in Washington state
- Victims: Add info
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Born: 1953
- Missionary, Primary teacher, Sunday school teacher,
- During alleged crime: Sunday school teacher,
- Spain - Spain - unknown city/area
- yes | Add info
- Guilty,
- He was an LDS church member and divorce lawyer in Vancouver, Washington; charged with sexually abusing a 9-year-old girl in his Sunday School class during church meetings; found guilty; registered sex offender.
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